A different path: Revealing the function of staphylococcal proteins in biofilm formation

FEBS Letters

Volumn 588, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1869-1872

  Atkin, Kate E ^a   Macdonald, Sandy J ^a   Brentnall, Andrew S ^a   Potts, Jennifer R ^a   Thomas, Gavin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Exo polysaccharide secretion; O succinylation; PNAG modification; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ICAADBC GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BIOFILM; EXO-POLYSACCHARIDE SECRETION; O-SUCCINYLATION; PNAG MODIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCI;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84900452827     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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